--- title: Did the attorney get well-nigh beaten up by that door? — Popular Tales from the Norse, The Mast… · tree and pragmatics description: Did the attorney get well-nigh beaten up by that door? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1444 «Popular Tales from the Norse, The Master-maid, part 31: the Prince forgets his promise, and three suitors are tricked» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1444-pg503-part31/t5/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Popular Tales from the Norse, The Mast…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1444-pg503-part31/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Popular Tales from the Norse, The Master-maid, part 31: th… Did the attorney get well-nigh beaten up by that door? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** door · **What happens:** do, beat up · **To what, where:** attorney This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1444 «Popular Tales from the Norse, The Master-maid, part 31: the Prince forgets his promise, and three suitors are tricked» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1444-pg503-part31/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1444-pg503-part31:t5:1 # text = Did the attorney get well-nigh beaten up by that door? 1 Did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 attorney attorney NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 get get AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 5 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 nigh nigh ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 beaten beat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 9 up up ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ 10 by by ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 12 det _ _ 12 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | that door *not said here* | the attorney | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attorney=Eventuality | | 2 | **beat up** | present · passive | that door | | | | | nigh, well *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} yeah, he was stuck in it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1444-pg503-part31:t5:o1:1 # text = yeah, he was stuck in it 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 stuck stuck ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | he | | | it | | stuck *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} yeah, nearly beaten to death ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1444-pg503-part31:t5:o2:1 # text = yeah, nearly beaten to death 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 nearly nearly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 beaten beat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **beat** | participle | | | | | | to death; nearly *property* | vn shake-22.3-1-1 «NP V PP ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient to death=Co-Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} nah, he just got a bump ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1444-pg503-part31:t5:o3:1 # text = nah, he just got a bump 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 bump bump NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | he | a bump | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bump=Stimulus | ### Option 4 {#o4} nah, not at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1444-pg503-part31:t5:o4:1 # text = nah, not at all 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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